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Taiwan’s first walled city, then and now A peasant village at the foot of Kaohsiung’s Turtle Mountain evolved into the seat of the Qing’s Fongshan County government, then into a Japanese and ROC military area and finally into the bustling, modern-day Zuoying District By Tyler Cottenie / Contributing reporter After a rebellion decimated the Fongshan County (鳳山縣) capital in 1721, the Kangxi Emperor finally decided to allow the construction of walled cities in Taiwan. The following year, with the completion of an earthen wall surrounding it, Old Fongshan City (鳳山舊城) became Taiwan’s first walled city. Over a century later, the wall was replaced with a stone one, much of which remains standing today. To walk the length of this wall is to walk through centuries of history in just one afternoon, as modern-day amenities intermingle with traces of Taiwan’s past. ....